Our regional bikeshare system turned 15 this week: see how it's grown. Duke Street is getting a makeover, and your input can help. National Week Without Driving is here! Great time to look at the distribution of bike infrastructure across the District. RIP the American Dream, because...housing? Scroll down, there's more.

Capital Bikeshare is 15: How did we get here, and what did it get us?

Aden Yacobi • September 23, 2025

Capital Bikeshare has grown from a system of 49 stations in DC and Arlington to one of 815 across eight jurisdictions in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Celebrate CaBi’s 15th birthday by looking back on what it’s taken to build and grow the second busiest bikeshare system in the country.

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Alexandria is planning for the future of Duke Street. Now is your chance to weigh in.

Canaan Merchant (Elections Committee alum) • September 24, 2025

New land use and transit plans on Alexandria’s Duke Street could reshape the corridor. Alexandria can draw on its development of the Potomac Yard neighborhoods as it makes plans.

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DC leaders, residents to participate in the National Week Without Driving

Kai Hall (DC Policy Manager) • September 22, 2025

We invited local leaders to envision how their neighborhoods can be more accessible to all for the National Week Without Driving.

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Bike lane distribution in DC is unequal. DDOT’s new bicycling plan could help.

Cristian Benavidez • September 22, 2025

With a more equal distribution of bike lanes, bike ridership could rise even further in the District. Right now, Wards 7 and 8 lag behind, and DDOT should take notice as it develops its next Strategic Bikeways Plan.

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The University Boulevard Corridor Plan is no one’s funeral

Mark Clements (Maryland Policy Manager) • September 25, 2025

Communities along University Boulevard will come closer to their full potential under a Montgomery County plan. Some activists would have you believe this is cause for grief.

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Do Something #93: Week Without Driving

Dan Reed (Maryland Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director), Kai Hall (DC Policy Manager) • September 24, 2025

This week: the National Week Without Driving; duplexes and bus lanes in Montgomery County; and go talk about Duke Street in Alexandria.

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Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #18

BeyondDC • September 25, 2025

Group words and phrases in this weekly puzzle that tests your knowledge of urban and Washington region themes.

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